What Fertilizer Is Best for Loquat Trees? A Detailed Guide to Scientific Fertilization Methods

In the same year right after planting, apply a relatively dilute organic fertilizer once a month. From the second year on, before new shoots sprout, apply organic fertilizer and an appropriate amount of quick-acting nitrogen fertilizer once; before flowering, apply organic fertilizer and inorganic fertilizer, with nitrogen and potassium accounting for 50% of the total fertilizer and phosphorus accounting for 40%; during the fruit swelling stage, apply compound fertilizer, with nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium accounting for 20%, 40% and 30%. After harvest, apply organic fertilizer and inorganic fertilizer, with nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium accounting for 30%, 20% and 20%.

I. When Is Loquat Planted?

Loquat is mainly propagated by seed, and can also be grafted. Sowing can be done immediately after seed collection in June, and grafting can be done in mid-March or from April to May; field planting is done from late March to early April before sprouting, and can also be done in May to June or in October. Seedlings for planting need to be kept with plenty of fibrous roots and attached soil to help them survive.

II. When Does Loquat Ripen?

Loquat generally ripens and goes on the market one after another from March to June, but the ripening time of loquat varies across the country. In Hunan, loquat generally ripens in May; Mengzi loquat in Yunnan ripens and goes on the market in March or around the Spring Festival; Yunxiao loquat in Fujian Province generally ripens in March, while Putian loquat and Yidu loquat ripen in April; Qingpu loquat in Shanghai generally ripens in May; Panzhihua loquat and Miyi loquat in Sichuan ripen in March, Longquan loquat ripens in April, and Shuangliu loquat, Shimian loquat, Wengong loquat, Sanyuan loquat, Tianxiandong loquat, Zizhong loquat and Xinqiao loquat ripen in May.